AN ACT 1-1 relating to the acquisition of library materials by a junior 1-2 college district. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 130.010 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 130.010. ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. (a) In 1-7 this section, "library goods and services" means: 1-8 (1) serial and journal subscriptions; 1-9 (2) other library materials, including books; 1-10 (3) library services, including binding services; and 1-11 (4) library equipment and supplies. 1-12 (b) Notwithstanding any other law governing purchasing by a 1-13 junior college district, a junior college district may acquire 1-14 library goods and services in any manner authorized by law for the 1-15 acquisition of library goods and services by a public senior 1-16 college or university, as defined by Section 61.003. 1-17 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-23 passage, and it is so enacted. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1363 passed the Senate on April 26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1363 passed the House on May 25, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor